2011 Toyota Camry

2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. GOING UP HILL ON AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE FRONT SIDE ( PASSENGER) AND PASSENGER DOOR. UPON IMPACT THE FORCE OF THE HIT CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS PARKED AND THAT VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. THE PASSENGER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS SINCE SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE WINDOW. *BF

EXPERIENCED A COARSE SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION DURING UPSHIFT AND DOWNSHIFT ESPECIALLY AROUND 20 MPH AND BETWEEN 35-37MPH. ON MORE THAN ONCE OCCASION I HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOUD THUMP NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AS THE CAR IS SLOWING DOWN AND IS IN PROCESS OF DOWNSHIFTING AROUND 20MPH. OTHER TIMES SIMILAR BEHAVIOR HAS OCCURRED AT SPEEDS OF 35-37MPH. *TR

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BEYOND MY CONTROL. THE CAR ACCELERATED ACROSS THE STREET AND ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND CRASHED INTO THE FENCE OF A SCHOOLYARD ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. WE NARROWLY MISSED CHILDREN PLAYING. THE BACK OF THE CAR IS TOTALED. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. THE CAR IS NOW LOCATED IN A BODY SHOP SUGGESTED BY GEICO, MY INSURANCE CARRIER. WE ARE ASKING THEM NOT TO PROCEED WITH REPAIRS UNTIL WE CONTACT THIS AGENCY AND TOYOTA AMERICA. *TR

MY WIFE AND I ARE RETIRED IN FLORIDA. WE PARKED OUR 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE WITH KEYLESS IGNITION IN OUR GARAGE AND BROUGHT THE KEY FOB WITH US INTO OUR HOME. MY WIFE EITHER DID NOT PUSH THE ENGINE OFF BUTTON HARD ENOUGH OR FORGOT TO PUSH THE ENGINE OFF BUTTON TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE. WE DID NOT HEAR THE 3 SHORT BEEPS TELLING US THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND THE KEY FOB WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE GARAGE IS ATTACHED TO OUR HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT RUNNING IN OUR CLOSED GARAGE. CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES ENTERED OUR HOME CAUSING HEADACHES, NAUSEA, AND LETHARGY. OUR HOME CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR SOUNDED AN ALARM. WE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT WE LEFT THE VEHICLE RUNNING IN THE GARAGE FOR 90 MINUTES. THE GARAGE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 100(F) DEGREES. THERE WAS A LARGE POOL OF WATER UNDER THE CAR FROM CONDENSATION FROM THE CAR AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR. WE WERE SICKENED BY THE CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES AND CAME CLOSE TO LOSING OUR LIVES. THE KEYLESS IGNITION OPTION IS TOO DANGEROUS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE IN DESIGN THAT TURNS OFF THE ENGINE WHEN THE KEY FOB LEAVES THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE OFF BUTTON IS NOT DEPRESSED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY LE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS HE SMELLED AN ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHEN HE TURNED THE AIR CONDITIONER/HEAT OFF. AFTER A WHILE HE BECAME SICK AND WAS HOSPITALIZED, BUT THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED HIM TO BECOME SICK. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE FILTER UNDERNEATH THE GLOVE BOX MAY NEED TO BE CHANGED. THEY WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE, SMELL THE ODOR AND A TECHNICIAN FROM THE FACTORY WAS NOTIFIED. WHEN THE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY COULD NOT LOCATE WHERE THE ODOR WAS CAME FROM; HOWEVER, HE ADDED A SPECIAL FILTER TO THE VEHICLE TO KEEP THE ODOR OUT. WITHIN A FEW WEEKS HE SMELLED THE STRONG ODOR AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

JUST 5 SECOND AFTER PULLING OUT FROM PARKING SPACE, WHILE GOING AROUND THE SCHOOL BUS AND TRYING TO AVOID THE CAR GOING TOWARD ME, PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CAR SPEED UP AT WHOLE POWER AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP IT. IT FILED APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET REACHING SPEED AT LEAST 50 MPH IN APPROXIMATELY 1-2 SECOND. I WAS TRYING TO PUSH THE PEDAL TO STOP IT, AND AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO AVOID COLLISION WITH THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME, I MANAGED TO JUMP ON A CURB AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED AFTER HITTING A BUILDING AND AFTER MY CAR FLIPPED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE SOMETHING, INSIDE THE CAR (EITHER MECHANICAL OR AUTOMATIC SYSTEM) PREVENTED ME STOPPING THE CAR TIMELY. THERE WAS NO INJURY, BUILDING WERE DAMAGED JUST SLIGHTLY, MY CAR WAS DESTROYED , BUT IT HAS A FULL COVERAGE. THE WHOLE CRASH WAS TAPPED BY A SECURITY CAMERA. IT CLEARLY SHOWS THE ACCELERATION OF THE CAR, WHICH EVERYBODY, WHO WATCHED IT, BELIEVE COULDN'T BE DONE BY PERSON, BUT MOSTLY BY A CAR ITSELF. THAT SIMPLY LOOKS FOR ME SOMETHING THE SAME AS IT WAS IN PREVIOUS TOYOTA RECALLS. *TR